I highly recommend thus book. The problem stems from the definition of property. It's main characteristic is that it is scarce. Real goods are property. Ideas are not. The problem with patents and copyrights are they are trying to make a non scarce good artificially scarce.
If there was a real free market with no such thing as Intellectual Property than movie studios could make money in the theater. There they control the product and real copying is much more difficult.
Companies want to show their products are safe and effective which is why they would pay for independent testing.Underwriter Laboratory was in business for years testing products for safety. Please see http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/corporate/aboutul/history/
Of course there are long term side effects. Whose body is it? Who gets to decide what you put in your body? I argue you should be free. You claim someone else owns your body and can tell you what to do with it. I don't agree.
Let me explain how this would work. Say Pfizer invents Viagra. They would be able to immediately sell it with a label it describe the chemical compound like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sildenafil. Just like someone can make a rat poison and sell it as long as they label the compound.
Maybe some people that like to experiment with drugs would take it like some people huff paint or drop acid. Word may get out its safe or not. But if Pfizer wants to convince people it is safe they could go through the FDA process and have get an FDA seal of approval. Now more people might feel safe using it. All during this time any other drug maker could sell the same drug with the same label but without the FDA seal. It would be the equivalent of a generic. They get to sell the compound but didn't pay for the approval process.
Now people are still protected by fraud laws. If you feel you were harmed by the drug you can have it tested and if the compound is different than label than you can sue for fraud and damages. So what I am trying to do is separate the manufacturing and labeling with the proving of safety and efficacy.
In a free (a buyer and seller are free to make any contract they want) market you wouldn't have patents or the FDA. I would remove all regulatory power from the FDA and use it instead as an advisory agency. A drug company should be able to sell their drug the day after they invent it. They should clearly label the chemical compounds that are in it and that's it. It would be up to you if you want to take it or not. Similar to herbs and other natural remedies. As long as the drug was labeled properly the manufacturer wouldn't be liable for harm.
The FDA could still do trials and such but they would be voluntarily and a drug that passed would get an FDA seal of approval. This way those that want the expensive FDA approved version would pay for it and those that don't have the money would take the generic.
I think what he is saying is that the heat trapping layer is below the stratosphere. So IR comes in heats the ground. If there is a layer of insulation it prevents the heat from traveling up into the stratosphere.
Kind of like if you heat your house in the winter the more insulation the colder the attic is.
We should just call what we have Ptolemaic Cosmology. We have no idea what the heck is going on. What we know is good enough for the technology we have. Dark matter and dark energy are just our versions of the epicycles. Convent for expressing what we see but no basis in reality.
I like the expanding foam analogy. Like that crap in a can. If teo particles exist in the foam they move away from each other and everything else as the foam expands.
Good question. I don't have an answer but here is something to consider.
On the way up you have to fight air resistance for quite a while.On the way down it works for you. On the way up you aim the pointy end into the wind and on the way down you point the long side into the wind. Then you only need enough fuel to go from terminal velocity to stop.
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You have the right idea. I think the reason they use scarce is because of the following definition.
deficient in quantity or number compared with the demand : not plentiful or abundant
So ideas, design, thoughts, digital media, software, ect can be copied infinitely to meet demand.
In the US you automatically get copyrights for your work you don't have to do anything.
http://copyright.gov/help/faq/faq-general.html
Great rebuttal of the logic.
I highly recommend thus book. The problem stems from the definition of property. It's main characteristic is that it is scarce. Real goods are property. Ideas are not. The problem with patents and copyrights are they are trying to make a non scarce good artificially scarce.
http://mises.org/books/against.pdf
If there was a real free market with no such thing as Intellectual Property than movie studios could make money in the theater. There they control the product and real copying is much more difficult.
Remember asking people how to get out of the bbs board and when they typed exit they would get kicked out. Ahh the good old days.
Companies want to show their products are safe and effective which is why they would pay for independent testing.Underwriter Laboratory was in business for years testing products for safety.
Please see http://www.ul.com/global/eng/pages/corporate/aboutul/history/
Of course there are long term side effects. Whose body is it? Who gets to decide what you put in your body? I argue you should be free. You claim someone else owns your body and can tell you what to do with it. I don't agree.
Get used to it.
Let me explain how this would work. Say Pfizer invents Viagra. They would be able to immediately sell it with a label it describe the chemical compound like this http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sildenafil. Just like someone can make a rat poison and sell it as long as they label the compound.
Maybe some people that like to experiment with drugs would take it like some people huff paint or drop acid. Word may get out its safe or not. But if Pfizer wants to convince people it is safe they could go through the FDA process and have get an FDA seal of approval. Now more people might feel safe using it. All during this time any other drug maker could sell the same drug with the same label but without the FDA seal. It would be the equivalent of a generic. They get to sell the compound but didn't pay for the approval process.
Now people are still protected by fraud laws. If you feel you were harmed by the drug you can have it tested and if the compound is different than label than you can sue for fraud and damages. So what I am trying to do is separate the manufacturing and labeling with the proving of safety and efficacy.
In a free (a buyer and seller are free to make any contract they want) market you wouldn't have patents or the FDA. I would remove all regulatory power from the FDA and use it instead as an advisory agency. A drug company should be able to sell their drug the day after they invent it. They should clearly label the chemical compounds that are in it and that's it. It would be up to you if you want to take it or not. Similar to herbs and other natural remedies. As long as the drug was labeled properly the manufacturer wouldn't be liable for harm.
The FDA could still do trials and such but they would be voluntarily and a drug that passed would get an FDA seal of approval. This way those that want the expensive FDA approved version would pay for it and those that don't have the money would take the generic.
Wow. Just Wow. I'm bookmarking that one.
In Florida we use an RFID sticker in the EPASS and Sunpass system.
http://www.suncam.tv/images/sunpass/sunpass-girl.jpg
I think what he is saying is that the heat trapping layer is below the stratosphere. So IR comes in heats the ground. If there is a layer of insulation it prevents the heat from traveling up into the stratosphere.
Kind of like if you heat your house in the winter the more insulation the colder the attic is.
We should just call what we have Ptolemaic Cosmology. We have no idea what the heck is going on. What we know is good enough for the technology we have. Dark matter and dark energy are just our versions of the epicycles. Convent for expressing what we see but no basis in reality.
I like the expanding foam analogy. Like that crap in a can. If teo particles exist in the foam they move away from each other and everything else as the foam expands.
Canada plays in MLB.
We could have had a permanently manned moon base for the price of the Iraq war. And th money would of pretty much gone to the same contractors.
You would think this should be a Japanese mission.
Well since gold has maintained value for 5,000 years and the fiat dollar is only 40 years old I think I'll use gold.
When you purchased a car in 1909 it was in gold coin or gold certificate.
Use gold since that Is what they used in 1909. It was $20/oz then and $1600 now. That is 8000% so $850 * 80 = $68,000.
They already have a hypergol cluster for the dragon.
Good question. I don't have an answer but here is something to consider.
On the way up you have to fight air resistance for quite a while.On the way down it works for you. On the way up you aim the pointy end into the wind and on the way down you point the long side into the wind. Then you only need enough fuel to go from terminal velocity to stop.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M5GKInPlOsg
Those pits look a lot like erosion from plasma arcs.
I didn't say doctors I said at least some medical knowledge. College biology would be a good start.